Railway tie



Sept. 11, 1928.

N. HILL RAILWAY TIE Filed March 24, 1928 Painted. Se t. 11,1928. v 1,683,824 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE. v i

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, Application filed March 24, 1928.; Serial No. 264,365.

andefiicient means for supporting and at taehing railway rails thereto.

Another ob ect s to provide a ra lway tie formed from separable and identically constructed sections, each of the sections being provided with a rail chair.

Another ob ect is to prov de a railway tie of this character wherein novel cushioning means are located beneath each of the rail chairs, whereby to absorb the jars and shocks incident to the passage of trains thercovcr.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation'ot a railway tie made in accordance with the present invent-ion.

deeper posed 4, the base portion is [opposite sides of the tie.

Figure 2 is atop pla n view of the same. Figure 3 is atransverse sectional view on y the line 3+3 of FigureQ.

Figure 4 is a perspect' c view of one of the sections of the tie.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that the tie is comiornied sections A and so'thata detailed description of one section will suiiice.

The sections each comprise a verticalrseb portion 10 and a base flange portion ii. i clearly seen in the perspective view,

cut away at one s i: of the tie, as shown at 12, while the said portion is cut away, as at 13, at the other side of the tie, the cut at ll being considerably than that of the cut at 13, whereby the of difierent lengths at the Each web, which is disposed against the other web, is extended to a considerable distance beyond the cut 13,

flange or base and is somewhat reduced in height, as indi-,

of two identically constructed and to which reference will be madelater herein.

Mounted on the outer vertical face of the extended portion of the web 10, and hav cess 18, which registers with a correspond- I ing recess in the other tie section, to form a seat for a similar cushion member 19, seen in Figures 1 and 2, of the drawing. On the upper edge of the Web 10, directly over the recess 18, is a plate 20, which forms a chair for the rail 21, suitable clamps 22 being Sceured tothe said plate, by meansof the bolts 23, for holding the rail in proper position thereon. One end of one chair rests on the cushion 16. while the corresponding end of the other chair rests on the cushion 19. Bolts 24 are disposed through the webs of the two sections of the tie to properly hold them together.

lar yieldable material, or there may be strong springs of any desired character placed between the block, and a metal plate 25, disposed below said block.

\Vhat is claimed is:

A railway tie divided vertically and lon gitudinally into identically shaped and constructed sections, each of the sections com prising a web portion, a base portion, and a chalr seatportion, one end oi the web portion extending beyond one. end of the base portion and being reduced in height, said extending portion oi? the. web having a transverse recess in the upper edge thereof, the other end of the upper edge of said web portion having a transverse recess registering-"with the first recess when the sections are secured together, a shelf beneath each of the first-named recesses, one end. of the chair resting over a. recess, and a cushion member disposed transversely in said recesses f and resting on the said shelf members, said cushion members being disposed in support ing relation to corresponding ends of said chairs.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

NIKOLAI. HILL. 

